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Taxonomy
Family:
CHARONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Charoniidae (Family)
> Charonia (Genus)
> lampas (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Charonia capax Finlay, 1926
=Charonia lampas lampas (Linnaeus, 1758)
=Charonia rubicunda (Perry, 1811)
=Septa rubicunda Perry, 1811
Images: Charonia lampas (Linnaeus, 1758)
At low tide, Parengarenga Harbour, Far North, NZ. 184mm
(rubicunda form) - Off Northland east coast, NZ. 190mm
(rubicunda form) - From 10 metres off Northland, NZ. 140mm
In a shallow rock pool at low tide, Matai Bay, Karikari Peninsula, Northland, NZ. ~200mm
Taxonomy
Family:
CHARONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Charoniidae (Family)
> Charonia (Genus)
> lampas (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Charonia capax Finlay, 1926
=Charonia lampas lampas (Linnaeus, 1758)
=Charonia rubicunda (Perry, 1811)
=Septa rubicunda Perry, 1811
Details: Charonia lampas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Size/Grows to:
Height 310mm, Width 150mm
Distribution:
North, South and Stewart and Chatham Islands. Low tide to about 80 fathoms
Geographical Range:
KACFM
Notes:
Large Trumpet, Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.220)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.168)
  • Beu, A.G. 1970 The Mollusca of the Genus Charonia (Family Cymatiidae), Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 11(16) (p.211)
  • Jun/1964 Items of Interest: Charonia capax, Poirieria, 2(2) (p.31)

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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil